'Ballistic' definitions:
Definition of 'ballistic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; "ballistic missile"
Definition of 'Ballistic'
From: GCIDE
- Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a gravitational field. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase
- go ballistic. [Colloq.] [PJC]
- Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Ballistic'
- Ballister,
- Ballistics,
- Ballistic pendulum,
- ballistic capsule,
- ballistic fingerprinting,
- ballistic galvanometer,
- ballistic identification,
- ballistic missile,
- ballistic trajectory,
- go ballistic,
- Electro-ballistic,
- Electro-ballistics,
- intercontinental ballistic missile,
- ballistic missile defense organization,
- fleet ballistic missile submarine,
- intermediate range ballistic missile